Road-vehicle.



Patented Feb. l2, |90I.

C A IMMLER ROAD VEHICLE. (Applicatonled Sept, 14, 1900.)

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STATES CHARLES A. IMMLER, OF AKRON, OHIO.

ROAD-VEHICLE.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,881, dated February 12, 1901.

Application filed September 14, 1900. n'erial Non 301033- '\N0 model-3 To @ZZ rr/'700711, t may concern.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES A. IMMLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and uset'nl Improvement in Road-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has a general relation to improvements in roadvehicles known as wagons, and has especial relation to that class of wagons, peculiarly adapted to the delivery of goods in towns and cit-ies, which are provided with standing tops to protect the contents.

One object of my invention is to provide improved means for securing the cover to the body and bracing the back-spring blocks to avoid racking at that part from a sudden shock at starting or stopping or from any jerking movement in travel; and a further object is to conceal the joint between the cover and body by an ornamental beading that will subserve the further purpose of strengthening the joint; and a final object is to so construct the several parts that the top can be quickly removed and replaced when desired to adapt it to an open or covered wagon, as the necessities of its use may require.

To the aforesaid objects my invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ot this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference-numerals indicate li ke parts in the different views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the body, top, and a portion of the gearing of the wagon, illustrating my invention; Fig. 2, a section of the body and top at the line m of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an enlarged cross-section of a portion of the body to show the construction; Fig. et, a similar view of a section of the top, and Fig. 5 a section of Fig. 4 at line e Referring to the figures, l is the Wagonbody, and 2 the top. The body 1 is made in the usual manner, having a floor supported on sills and lixed sides, with an end-gate 2; but as these are of common construction no particular description is needed.

Secured in the body at the back end and thence forward at intervals on each side are sockets 3, usually four in number and of like construction. These sockets are preferably square in section, but maybe of other shape, each having a bottom, and each is secured to one end of one ot the sills bya bolt 4, that passes through the bottom of the socket and the sill and is provided with a nut and washer to draw against the under face ot' the sill. They are further secured by screws 5, that pass outwardly through the side walls of the socket into the side panel of the body, a hole 6 being provided in the opposite wall through which a screw-dri ver may be inserted. The sockets may be further secured by having a ange 7 extending inward along the sill and held hy a screw 8, that enters the sill. The posts 9 tit and rest in these sockets and are severally secured by screws l0, that pass through the side panels of the body and through openings in the socket into the post.

The sides 11 ofthe top, which in Fig. 2are shown slightly separated from the body l and roof 12 the better to illustrate their construction, are secured to the posts and when in position rest on the edges of the body, and each is provided along its lower edge with a molding' or bead 13, that passes over the upper edge of the sides of the body, and thus not only conceals the joint and forms an ornamental finish for this part, but also serves to prevent the entrance ot' water in beating storms. The upper edges of the sides terminate below the upper ends of the posts and are rabbeted to receive the depending fianges 14 of the roof 12, which are rabbcted to match. The roof 12 is supported on carlines 15, that extend across between the anges 14, and these carlines are united with the posts 9 by cast brackets 16, secured to the flanges 14 and carlines by screws or bolts, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. By this construction I secure great strength and stiffness in the top to prevent racking from the motion of the vehicle.

The back springs 17 support the body 1 by means of holsters 18, and these springs in IOO turn rest on spring-chairs 19, fitted to the Wood portion 20 of the axle 21 and are retained by bolts 22.

The hounds 23 extend backward and laterally from each side of the reach 24 and are vI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 1. In a Wagon of the class specified the combination with the body having metal sockets for the roof-posts, and posts detachably secured therein of side top panels secured to said posts arranged to meet and register with the body sides, and havinga bead extending around and below their lower edges to inclose a portion of the body andconceal the joint between it and the top, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a wagon of the class spe'cied the combination with the hounds and spring-chairs ofthe rear axle of the metal braces fastened to and connecting said parts substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two sub- Scribing Witnesses.

CHARLES A. IMMLER.

In presence of C. E. HUMPHREY, C. P. HUMPHREY. 

